Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Nova Micro Comparison

Comparing Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Nova Micro across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Nova Micro is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MATH).

Nova Micro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Nova Micro costs less

For input processing, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B ($0.07/1M tokens) is 2.3x more expensive than Nova Micro ($0.03/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B ($0.30/1M tokens) is 2.1x more expensive than Nova Micro ($0.14/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is more expensive than Nova Micro.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Input tokens$0.07

Output tokens$0.30

Best providerGoogle

Nova Micro

Input tokens$0.03

Output tokens$0.14

Best providerAWS Bedrock

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Nova Micro's 128,000 tokens. Nova Micro can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Input1,048,576 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

Nova Micro

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nova Micro does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Nova Micro

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Proprietary

Closed source

Nova Micro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was released on 2024-03-15, while Nova Micro was released on 2024-11-20.

Nova Micro is 8 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Mar 15, 2024

2.0 years ago

Nova Micro

Nov 20, 2024

1.3 years ago

8mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-10-01, while Nova Micro's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B's training data extends to 2024-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Nova Micro's cutoff date.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Oct 2024

Nova Micro

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Provider Availability

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is available from Google. Nova Micro is available from Bedrock. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.